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One of the longest standing and best known lettings agencies in the south east has opened a new office in Esher.  Curchods...

The Property Ombudsman received a record number of enquiries with 57,635 people seeking support with their property and housing related issues...

Property consultancy Knight Frank has appointed Olivia Firmin as Head of Lettings in its Wimbledon office. Firmin, already an associate in the...

Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...

A low profile family company called the Griffin Property Company has acquired Emoov, the online agency which was a pioneering name...

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

A fledgling trade body has introduced what it calls “principles for a new Build to Rent Code of Practice that will...

The Belvoir 2024 Annual Awards have crowded a father-and-son franchisee pairing as the big winners. Paul Wallace-Tarry and his son Richard Wallace-Tarry...

There appears to be more evidence that these are good times for auctions. Network Auctions says it’s witnessed a sales surge, with...

Birmingham property agency Davidson Estates has completed the first of what it pledges to be a number of acquisitions with the...

A Hunters franchisee has made his first acquisition - after 14 years. Lester Hurst, who has owned the Otley and Ilkley branches...

Specialist property management firm Xenia Estates has announced a shake up ahead of entry into the residential lettings sector. Xenia currently looks...

Cotswolds and Midlands agency Sheldon Bosley Knight has snapped up a small independent lettings business. Stratford-based Charles Saville Limited adds more than...

A free webinar next week will explore how agents can use technology solutions to attract and win new landlords for their...

Introduction The lettings market is no stranger to the complexities and challenges that come with finding the right tenants for the right...

Hunters’ first ever franchised branch in the North Yorkshire town of Selby is under new ownership after 16 years. James Powell, who...

The century-old Wards Estate Agents - part of Arun - has snapped up Kite Homes, a lettings and property management company...

Yorkshire estate agency North Residential - led by ex-Knight Frank staff - has launched a new premium lettings service. A statement from...

Social media has moved on from being a “nice to have” to a necessity for most businesses, but how do you...

One of the country’s first Belvoir branch franchises has changed hands after approaching three decades.  The resale of Belvoir Lincoln, one of...

Strathspey Capital is to become Scotland’s largest factoring business after acquiring Glasgow-based Speirs Gumley. Factoring is the term commonly used in Scotland...

Rettie & Co has appointed Rob Trotter as Director of New Business for Lettings, joining from London’s-owned DJ Alexander where he...

A three branch lettings and sales business which describes itself as one of its region’s fastest growing agencies has named a...

Well known broker Mortgage Advice Bureau will be showcasing a suite of new digital products today at an event organised by...

A London lettings and sales agency has launched an apprenticeship scheme. The JOHNS&CO Academy invites young people to train via courses ranging...

OnTheMarket has bagged Arun Estates, one of the UK's largest agency groups, in a deal involving the TecLet lettings platform. TecLet, an...

Small franchise agency Propertynest has expanded into Guildford with a new franchisee offering lettings and sales to the town and its...

Barbon Insurance Group, which describes itself as the UK's largest tenant referencing and specialist lettings insurance intermediary, has a new managing...

The legendary Oxfordshire-based lettings agency Finders Keepers has won gold at the local British Property Lettings Award and silver in the...

As a dedicated letting agent, or estate agent with a lettings portfolio, you already have a lot on your plate. Managing...

Oakfield Estate Agents in Hastings has snapped up a rival firm - Redwell Estates - in nearby Bexhill oil Sea. Neil Newstead,...

Veteran UK actor Rupert Everett, a star in Hollywood movies for over 40 years, is to voice radio adverts for Fine...

At PayProp, customer service is a top priority. Our UK-based platform experts are always ready to go the extra mile to...

The largest lettings agency in Scotland, DJ Alexander Ltd, has opened new premises in Glasgow.  It employed 20 people and lettings director...

Franchisees from Belvoir have snapped up an independent agency in Reading. The acquisition of Patrick Williams, which dates back 78 years, comes...

Legal & General - one of the country’s biggest Build To Rent players - has struck a deal with new build...

The Stirling Ackroyd Group says it’s delivered 20 per cent revenue growth alongside the opening of five lettings and sales offices...

Martin & Co’s Ashford branch is celebrating the countdown to Christmas with another independent agency acquisition. The franchised office, owned by Kevin...

A senior Savills figure, who chairs the trade body known as The Lettings Industry Council, has issued a warning to the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Vik Tara and on my business card it says...

Agents should look to lettings to protect themselves when the sales market is hit by the coming recession and drop in...

The second largest resale in Belvoir’s history has taken place with the husband and wife behind the Southampton franchise buying Belvoir...

Lettings and sales agents, along with other members of the property industry, have been celebrating at the ESTAS Customer Service Awards...

A lettings and sales agency called Propertynest is offering franchise opportunities for those wanting to set up their own business. Headquartered in...

A high profile PropTech entrepreneur is amongst a series of investors linked to a new fund, launched today, cashing in on...

The lettings book containing over 130 properties managed by a franchised YourMove branch in Birmingham has been sold to the owners...

A Build To Rent promotional website appears to be ruing the day that Boris Johnson sacked Michael Gove from his role...

An online property training service has launched a specialist property management course, which it claims goes “beyond legislation.” The Certificate in Lettings...

OnTheMarket is overtly using its teclet lettings PropTech as a means of enticing agents on old discounted rates to pay full...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bekki Leaves, Director What is FCC Paragon and what services...

Yet another independent lettings agency has been acquired by the Martin & Co brand of The Property Franchise Group. The owner of...

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...

One of the brands at the centre of the new Lomond Group has snapped up a 640-home lettings portfolio - taking...

Property management specialist Pinnacle Group has strengthened its digital offer for customers across its residential portfolio, signing a three-year deal with...

The fast-growing Lomond Group, backed by private equity cash, has snapped up another independent.  Lomond’s John Shepherd brand, which operates throughout the...

A lettings agency has gone on the offensive and is publishing landlords who switch from rivals because of allegedly poor service. And...

London-based lettings platform Yorlet has won £350,000 in seed funding to develop its payment Proptec solution. Yorlet was founded by friends Max...

Industry supplier FocalAgent has launched the National Property Photography Awards. Its network of over 1,000 professional photographers submit shots each month: those...

During the last year, the industry has experienced a rollercoaster of highs and lows as agents experienced rental peaks, stock shortages,...

Tell us about your role. I am the Customer Service Technology Group Manager at BSH (group brands include Bosch, NEFF and Siemens)...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

Another independent lettings agency has been acquired by a fast-expanding giant with plans to become a prominent national agency network. Lomond Group’s John...

Henry Adams Lettings has acquired Country & Coastal Lettings, a small independent in Hampshire.  Ian Wiggett, chief executive of Henry Adams, says:...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...

Linley & Simpson, one of the North of England’s leading residential letting agents, has expanded its Sheffield operations just six months...

An existing Belvoir franchisee in the Midlands has purchased two additional offices in Manchester. Sharanjit Gill of Belvoir Leicester Central now owns...

Upcoming changes to Right To Rent procedures make the case for increased automation of the process to save agents from additional...

Barbon Insurance Group, which already owns Let Alliance and HomeLet, has now acquired PropTech platform Rent4sure. Luke Burton, Rent4sure’s chief operating officer,...

A long-standing estate agency is launching a lettings service for the first time in its 30 year history. The Carver Group, based...

Two major south of England agency have merged in what they describe as a “transformational deal.”  Brand Vaughan, part of the expanding...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

A lettings agency with branches in Corby and Kettering has been shortlisted for two awards this summer. Belvoir has been nominated for...

A lettings agency which markets private rental properties and units operated by a housing association has apologised for its ‘No DSS’...

Hunters - now subsumed into The Property Franchise Group - has opened a new branch in Bicester.  The new branch follows a...

A regional agency group is providing training courses free of charge to members “for the foreseeable future.” The training - usually heavily...

Lettings franchise giant Hunters has struck a commercial deal with a geospatial technology firm. The partnership offers immediate access to Kamma’s full...

Franchise giant Belvoir has held its annual awards including the naming of the prestigious ‘franchise of the year’. The accolade went to...

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...

The fast-accelerating trend of takeovers and mergers continues this morning with news that two Kent agencies are combining. Oakwood Homes in Thanet...

A new agency doesn’t hold back about its importance, describing itself as “the future of buy to let property offering a...

Foxtons says the reason behind its purchase of rival London agency Douglas & Gordon was to get its lettings book. The deal, for...

A PropTech firm says agencies adopting livestream viewing could win more instructions and save thousands of pounds, all the while abiding...

Entrants for the 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards have only until December 31 to sign up. Founder Simon Brown says: “The bounce...

Foxtons has acquired a London lettings agency and along with it a lettings book comprising 689 tenancies. The deal is worth £2.2m. In...

The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

A new whitepaper argues that landlords and tenants aren't getting what they want from the rental market. It says landlords need...

Scottish agency Tay Letting is set for expansion into Dundee and its surrounding areas with the acquisition of Lickley Proctor Lettings. Just...

An agency chain has opened its second so-called ‘virtual office’ in two weeks - and again it doesn’t involve any bricks...

The Leaders Romans Group says it’s opening a new virtual office in the East Midlands, with a long-standing lettings expert at...

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

Leaders `Romans Group has snapped up the scottfraser lettings and sales business.  scottfraser has four Oxford offices and a fifth in Witney,...

The controversial Acorn group of anti-letting agent activists has been accused of intimidation of female staff during a protest outside and...

Foxtons has snapped up a lettings agency in suburban London. It’s bought London Stone Properties Limited and its subsidiary company London Stone...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...